Characters
One of the youngest members of the Greasers, alongside Ponyboy. Dies after saving children from a church fire.
Who is Johnny Cade?
The two conflicting groups at the center of the story.
Who are the Greasers and the Socs (Socials)?
The full name of the artist who painted the portrait of Dorian.
Who is Basil Hallward?
1) The name of the game at the heart of the Joy Luck Club gatherings.
2) The late founder of the Joy Luck Club
1) What is Mahjong?
2) Who is Suyuan Woo?
The theme of this class.
What is "identity"?
Died by suicide because of harsh words from her love interest [first and last name].
Who is Sibyl Vane?
The members of the Greaser gang
[Name all 7!]
Who are Ponyboy, Darry, Soda(pop), Dally, Johnny, Two-Bit, and Steve?
The substance that Dorian began craving during his downward spiral into hedonism.
What is opium?
The reason Jing-mei returns to China with her father at the end of the book.
What is to find her long-lost sisters who had to be left behind by Suyuan and tell them about her?
One of the themes discussed in relation to The Joy Luck Club?
What is cultural divides, OR generational tensions, OR (the reality of failed) expectations?
The name of Cherry Valance's boyfriend.
Who is Bob Sheldon?
The opening scene/first instance of group conflict in the book.
What is Ponyboy getting jumped by the Socs on his way back from the movies?
"Talking to him was like playing upon an exquisite violin...There was something terribly enthralling in the exercise of influence."
Who is Lord Henry Wotton?
1) Name of the city of refuge that Suyuan and her daughters fled to during the war.
2) Only objects she had when she finally arrived in Chungking.
1) What is Kweilin?
2) What are 3 silk dresses?
A symbol of group identity that simultaneously brings Ponyboy pride and dismay.
What is his long, greasy hair?
This is Waverly's first husband; the father of Shoshana.
Who is Marvin?
The three forms/aspects of identity discussed in relation to this book.
What are individual, group, and social identity.
The act done by Dorian at the end of the book that leads to his death.
What is stabbing his portrait with a blade?
The object that was said to determine the fate of this character's arranged marriage. (Object AND Character)
What is the red candle? Who is Lindo Jong?
What is his muse?
Rose Hsu's 4 brothers, one of whom died, the other 3 named after the first 3 Gospels in the New Testament. [Name ALL 4, in order]
Who are Matthew, Mark, Luke, and Bing?
1) Last line of the Robert Frost poem Ponyboy memorized and recited to Johnny.
2) Name of the gang (and its leader) that assisted the Greasers in the big rumble with the Socs.
1) What is "Nothing gold can stay"?
2) The Shepard gang; Tim Shepard
The four social movements we discussed in relation to book.
What are Aestheticism, Physiognomy, Hedonism, and Decadence?
1) Character who killed her baby because of her hatred for her cheating husband.
2) Character whose mother died by suicide as a concubine.
3) Character with a failing marriage that is more like a stiff business relationship
1) Who is Ying-ying St. Clair
2) An-me Hsu
3) Lena-St. Clair
1) Character killed by the police in what was ultimately a suicide.
2) Brother of Dorian's temporary love interest who eventually dies by accidental shooting.
3) Fiancé of a former chess prodigy who has poor cultural competency.
1) Who is Dallas "Dally" Winston?
2) Who is James Vane?
3) Who is Rich Schields?